A new year approaches....

A BIG new field to consider.
2015 beckons.
New challenges. New thoughts.
Mike Pilavachi posted to his Facebook page today some great questions.

I am reproducing them here and then going to sleep, asking Holy Spirit to start prompting thoughts, dreams, questions and answers in readiness for the Big Day.

I wait expectantly. This will be the best year yet. 

Spitting

I do like to get people's attention!

I have told my children, my four Beauties, that when I am old, I am going to be like the lady in the poem, 'Warning' by Jenny Joseph, partly cos I fancy the naughty life and partly to give them a taste of what it was like to be in a public place with a misbehaving child.

So I have been thinking ahead as to what behaviours I have to learn. I thought I would start with spitting. Thus I duly took it upon myself one evening, in a private, easily cleanable and appropriate place - I am not telling where I was as one person's spitting place might not suit another and I am not going to open myself up to unnecessary telling off by 'well-wishers' -  to try to spit some good distance. Let me tell you, it's NOT a great idea. I just ended up with a wet chin and a soggy jumper! No distance at all!! SO I have relocated myself to the shower...not every night, but every so often and always followed by a scrubbie and Cif, to be on the safe (and hygenic) side.

Why am I telling this story?

First, I like the idea that my Beauties will read it and exclaim, 'OH MOM!!' in the privacy of their own homes and likely follow it up with a personal, face to face plea of, 'PLEASE don't ever do that when you are out with me!' I will respond with an innocent-looking, fingers-crossed reply of, 'OK Darling.'

Second, as I get older and as I contemplate the future, following various events of this year, I am considering the field of that future. What does it hold? What will be growing there?

In a conversation about futures with a leader at School last week, I commented that I didn't know what to do. Their reply has given me food for thought. They challenged my to ask myself two questions: 

1) What is my dream?  

2) Who do I want to be with?

WOW! Easy questions!?

I certainly want to carry on going forward in my walk with God and seeing Him continue changing me and my world through me. I have spent time with leaders and people who yearn and live to see God stretch the 'impossibilities' in life. Also with those who are content with the status quo

I read a quote by Mark Marx today 

'When limited by impossibility, wrap your mind around heaven until possibility becomes limitless.'

As I focus on who God is, what He holds in His hands, of COURSE impossibilities can be. What an exciting truth! I am off to give some thought to what my dream is. Watch this space!

In adversity

This post will not be definitive on the subject of adversity but I just tried to post a comment/response on a blog writing addressing adversity. In particular, the desperately sad plight of a lady and her family touched me. I accidentally wiped what I had written (grrrr to that) so I figured, rather than writing again there, I would write something here.

The situation of the lady is so sad. Undoubtedly, within that, God has used people to bring some comfort and blessing to her and her children but as I read what she had said, 

"God knew what He was doing when He gave me leprosy.." I exclaimed aloud, 'NOooooo!'

Why?

I cannot ever believe God GIVES people illness. Jesus never did that in His life on earth. He is the image of God. He never refused anyone who came to Him for healing, saying, 'No - actually I won't heal you because I want you to learn from this affliction.' He healed them.

We pray as Jesus taught us, 'Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.' There is no illness in heaven.

It is a dilemma in one way. Not everyone I have ever prayed for has been healed - two at the time of writing. But I will not stop praying for healing. 

Just as Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego said, '...the God we serve is able to deliver us from it and He will deliver us...but even if He does not....'

God is a good God. He is good all the time. I cannot change my mind about that truth just because circumstances don't appear to back it up.

I don't know why people don't always get healed when I/we pray for them. But I know God can. I know God will. BUT EVEN if He doesn't, I will not stop praying. The gates of hell will not prevail.

Robbie Dawkins said,

'To call ourselves Christ followers, to seek to do the things that Jesus did, means coming to terms with also walking in His power'

That may not be evidenced in my life yet but I have to pursue the truth of Jesus' statement in John14:12 - 'Very truly, I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing and they will do even greater things than these because I am going to the Father'

That 'whoever' is me. If you know Jesus as Saviour and Lord, it is you. 

Jesus chose to change the world with twelve men. He had no plan B. We are God's plan A in His world. Jesus died and rose to give us new life. Holy Spirit has come to be with us that we can walk in that new life and know the things of God. He has given us such amazing promises. It would be rude not to take hold of them. We have in us, He said, that same power that raised Christ from the dead. I am not giving up.

So I want to say to Suntali, your heavenly Father loves you beyond imagination. You are precious and treasured to Him. Thank You, Father for Your immense love for Suntali and her children. Jesus heals you, Suntali. In His powerful name and in His authority given, I command the cancer to be healed. I command the leprosy to be healed in Jesus' name. I speak life and full health to your body. I call out your mother's heart dreams, Suntali, that your children will grow up in the loving care of their birth mother and I speak those dreams into life, calling on God who gives life to the dead, and calling into being what is not, as if it were 

To whoever of you read this, pray also and to God be the glory!

Nothing of what I have written is meant as a condemnation but as a challenge to myself, to us all. God's natural life is the supernatural. Let's press in to live the life God intended for us to have.

And keep praying and pushing. Our God can. Our God will. But even if He does not.......

The Good Old Days.....

I know the Good Ol' Days will always be the Good Ol' Days, but coming across this today, I do think some aspects of the past are so sweet...

Yet, in considering the field of all that lies in the past, I realise that looking at the past can be a good thing to ponder from time to time but not to rest over-long in. Just long enough to learn lessons; bring a smile to your face, be thankful for and either lay down sadness or pick up rejoicing. As I shared a comment in the last post, God is always wanting us to change - from glory to glory. It is down to us whether we allow that into our lives or remain, stubbornly stuck in all that we are comfortable and familiar with.

As I consider our recent past...say the last few years, there is much to be sad about and mourn over, but much so more to marvel about and celebrate and...YAY...LOADS more to look forward to and anticipate. 

The stormy times of this year have sometimes made me yearn for the 'Led Zepplin' days - when life seemed exhilerating; when I couldn't sleep at night because I was so excited instead of not sleeping because I was sad, cross, bewildered or fretting. But 'God doesn't bring you to it if He's not going to bring you through it', as the saying goes.

I love the saying in this picture. It reminds me that life experiences can make me bitter or better. God's love for me keeps me strong. His love for me and for others is never changing It is constant;  and in remembering that, I can give Him my tendencies to choose bitterness and make life choices that express His love in me and through me. I don't want to live life running away from storms but I don't want to let them pass me by without learning. Storms destroy much. In recovering from them, one could retreat - find a safer place -  or rebuild, incorporating adaptations so that another storm is faced differently and feared less. How does that work out in life? Lots of ways but for me at the moment, it is learning that, however much I feel people have hurt me or let me down, what God wants is for me to pull out all the stops and love them. Alone I can't. But His word is true. God didn't say loving and forgiving were easy but He did say they would work. He gives grace in time of need. Pray for those that hurt you. Bless them. Live in peace.

David was a great psalmist and poured his guts into his writings - whether in praise or despair. God can take it. 'Trust in Him at all times...pour out your heart before Him' says Psalm 62:8

Well, Lord - sometimes my psalm would say,  'That person needs a high five...in the face...with a chair...' or plead for strength and grace...but in the end, God is the one who is worthy of praise. My spirit joins with Holy Spirit to touch the heart of God and know His love for me.

In tough times, I can look rosily on the past but my hope is only in God. Only in His presence can I know for sure that His future for me is the best future it can be.

That's what I want. No Compromise.

Doing a New Thing

One of the things I love about God is that He never stops changing us and blowing our minds. He is not beyond using any way He can to reach out to His children but He does it in ways we can understand even though we don't realise that we will understand at the time!!

God knew about computers and the internet even at the time of Moses but it wasn't time to use them then. WOW!! This picture proves God was right to hold off...Moses doesn't look anywhere near as authoritative with a pc as he does with stone tablets!!

When I first came across the internet, I wasn't bothered about this new technology and was very resistant to exploring it, especially email because I liked the old way of posting a letter (which I still like to do when I can). When Hubs sat me down and persuaded me to give it a go, I then started to use email and WISHED I had used it way before!

It took some mistakes during the whole learning experience to familiarize myself enough to feel confident on my own but then, exploration on my own of the internet opened up amazing new worlds to me.

When I first came across a new depth of understanding in the person and work of Holy Spirit, I resisted. It wasn't in my experience beyond a basic knowledge, to step out in these new ways with Holy Spirit and I knew God well enough for my needs, thank you very much! I didn't want to tread into 'wacky'.Raising my hands above my head in worship took me a LONG time and that was sufficient for me. As for flag-waving? PURLEES!! I had agreed with a friend who commented, 'Flag-waving? What's that about?'

Praying for healing? That gift wasn't mine....I tried it a couple of times but it never 'worked'. Nope! I was comfortable with God being who I knew Him to be. So when I got invited into new steps and experiences with God, Father, Son AND Holy Spirit through the ministry of our vicar, Nigel Di Castiglione and his wife, Annie, and let myself be persuaded to give it a go, particularly in helping Annie to lead the church student work with Hubs, I felt resistant and reluctant but said I would give it a year in order to support Hubs, who was keen. My plan was then to go back into the comfort of my familiar world! As you may have picked up from earlier posts, this time in the student group was not only transformational personally in our relationship with God, but opened other doors to growth and drove us to seek out other ways to grow in our faith...my latest step being the WAAAAAY-out-of-my-comfort-zone year in progress at ESSL

I read a quote today.

'The Christian's faith isn't a leap into the dark. It is a well-placed trust in the Light of the World, Jesus' 

Ravi Zacharias

I was speaking to a group of elderly folk, mainly ladies, at another church recently who are facing some BIG changes over, probably, the next twelve months. Their attitude was, 'Well, none of us like change but we have to go through it is we want to grow.'!

It was humbling to hear, especially as I reflected on my own past. It's one thing to say we want to change and see God at work in our lives. It's another to actually take the step when faced with that option in reality.

With God, there are no times of transition, says Eric Johnson of Bethel church. God is ALWAYS moving us forward, from one degree of glory to the next. 

My part in that is to be open and willing to move. Staying put is not an option I want to take - ever! When God wipes away my tears as He welcomes me into heaven, I don't want those tears to be there because I regret things I haven't done, because I didn't take the opportunity to take part in the works that God prepared in advance for me to do or grasp those opportunities that crossed my path where I could be His voice, His heart and His hands in a situation.

So, in the words of Hosea 6:3

Let us acknowledge the Lord; let us press on to acknowledge Him. As surely s the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth.

YES!! Let's!!!

The meatballs have landed

For those of you who wonder what that title is about, you need to refer to my previous title and post.

It's almost two month's since I last wrote and I really need to keep up with it as so much is happening in life right now. I am going to try to catch up but in small chunks or I know I will get overwhelmed and not write anything! 

I returned home this evening from, I think, our 11th week of ESSL. One thing I have unusually appreciated, is that I leave home in the dark at 5am on a Thursday morning, having had the University Student group on a Wednesday night. (Late night this week) and return in the dark on a Friday evening.

I have loved having such a quiet time to myself and God. I pray, sing, listen to a bit of radio or talks on the cd player. I shout to the cars and places I pass,  proclaiming, 

'Jesus is Lord! Come to Jesus!' whenever the thought takes me. 

Just me and Daddy.

I  have a lot to think about too. Hubs and I came home last week from three weeks away in the States - visiting his sister and hubby but taking in a Leaders' Advance Conference in the middle at Bethel Church, Redding, California.

During that time the talks, the conversations, a prophetic appointment and a Sozo session all came together to land a few chunks of spiritual meat at our feet and started us on a journey, a process of chewing them over between ourselves and God. A decision we had made before leaving the UK seemed confirmed and other decisions we face gained clarity.

But it is currently 4am - I am not sure whether my random sleeping pattern is left over from transatlantic travel or just my thought processes trying to hurry me along! SO...I will fill in the blanks over the next weeks as we reflect then shift or consume the 'meatballs'

God is exciting but His paths, whilst ALWAYS known by Him, sometimes look a bit too challenging to me. BUT I am not looking to stagnate but  

TO FLOURISH AND GROW

Cloudy with a chance of meatballs

Strange title to this post you may think. Me too!!

It speaks to me of the unusual - the unexpected - even the totally unexpected.

That said, I am kind of expecting the unexpected but as yet, am unaware of what form that may take or when it will appear...I guess that qualifies 'it' as the unexpected!

And why am I expecting it?

Well...sometimes, I do think God gives you a sneaky heads up when He is up to something - the trick is, am I alert?

These last few weeks at ESSL - third week just over - I have caught myself suddenly feeling tearful for no apparent reason. It will just bubble up out of nowhere or for a reason that seems too unemotional to elicit such a response. A couple of times, I have felt like actually leaving the room to have a blub!

This week, I asked God what it was all about. I had a sense of some deep yearning welling up inside me and I know it sounds stupid, but it was like I needed someone to put their arm right down my throat, grab my insides and pull me inside out! So oooooohhh! Waiting to see what the result will be!

I came across this quote this week...

'If you are walking with Jesus in the Spirit, you need not fear going too far. no believer has gone as far as God wants him to go'  

A.A.Allen

And just now, Mike Bickle has posted this on his Facebook Page...

In eternity, when we see how much Jesus really does love us, then we will wish we had loved and trusted Him more!

I am sure this is true. I have been spending time growing in knowing the deep, deep love that the Father has for me. It is changing me as my realisation of it grows; as my heart draws near to His. SO...following on from last post about watering the grass, after this week, I am anticipating that maybe my field will need a degree of ploughing and reseeding, at least in patches (not too much, Lord, please!! But Your will be done not mine) and over some time. Whilst it is a bit scary, I am up for it. I don't want any less than the 'Always More' that Jesus has for me.

It's been exciting through School to re-read Bill Johnson's book, 'When Heaven Invades Earth'. 

When I first read it nearly four years ago, I could hardly believe that God could be at work in and through me and my life in the ways that Bill Johnson wrote about. I pencilled all over the pages - exclamations of, 'Is this true?... Is this in the Bible?...REALLY???? and added comments that ranged from totally sceptical to hopeful because it sounded exciting but too good to be true, this life of miracles; this depth of encounter with God. Now I have read it again, I am amazed at how much I have learned - not from reading the book but from experience of God working in my life, stepping out in faith and carefully looking at what the scriptures ACTUALLY say.

Wendy Backlund said of Jesus, 'When we begin to think like He does, we will be able to do as He does.' 

In one way, this sounds outrageous until you see it backed up by Jesus Himself in John 14:12 

I am in Him and He is in me...He says so.

No time is wasted time when, like Mary, I sit at Jesus' feet, in His presence. I grow  in love for Him. I experience afresh of His love for me. I believe what He says because I learn deeper trust. 

I have recently enjoyed times of just being quiet in His presence, lying peacefully - soaking - and listening to music and/or watching videos of creation. This song from Kimberly Rivera, has both. Watching full screen leaves me in awe of the creative power and freedom of my loving, mighty Father

The outworking of the changes and growth vary. How they look and feel will be different from each other - sometimes like grass growing, sometimes like being ploughed up and sometimes like it being cloudy with a chance of meatballs. But if Jesus says, 'Come on in.' then I wanna go!

The Grass is always greener...

Ahhhh - how many got caught out by the title of this? Hahaha. I am a bit of a gardener so I know the truth of the greener grass. Great quote. Great truth that has helped me often over the years.

But I was reminded of it these last days, partly when thinking over some 'fields' I am considering at the moment and also when coming across a quote that stopped me in my tracks, by John Piper - a great man of God

Completing my second week at the European School of Supernatural Life has been great and caused some thoughts I have been challenged by in the past to resurface for further thought.

It would be so easy to live a  nice, comfortable Christian life. Often I do. 

It's easy to love my neighbour...as long as they are nice to me, don't make life uncomfortable or ask me for things I don't want to give them such as time, possessions emotions and are my type of people.

It's easy to love and respect my husband...as long as he has done the same back to me and completed the list of things I left him to do.

Yes, God can have my money ....as long as I have paid my tax, bills and other stuff first, just to be sure I have enough. 

The list can go on but so can the 'as long as's

A talk by Bill Johnson that I listened to earlier, added this quote to the challenge - 

'Some folk have protected their comfort zone with unbelief''

WOW!

I can so often kid myself that I don't really need to obey this or that bit of God's word and have a great portfolio of excuses to support those assumptions. Actually, God still loves and values me whether I am all out for Him or not. I have no more or less favour with Him or love from Him if I sit at home all day and watch TV, maybe venturing out every now and them to church or to do some other 'christian duty'.  

But I don't want to get to the end of my life, standing before God, for Him to tell me I missed out on a bunch of adventures He had lined up for me.

The Arsenal/Tottenham match is on in the background at this moment ('someone' else is watching it) These guys are totally sold out for their game. Fully committed. Buzzed

I have had days like that with God. I want more. I want loads more. I want others to have more. If I take God at His word, I can. It's there in black and white! 

But I can easily chicken out because things are outside my comfort zone. 

'When Jesus says I will do even greater things than Him, did He mean EXACTLY that? I have made excuses to avoid fully believing it but actually, the faith adventure means I believe what it says! And there is more...So much more. I can take God at His word. Be a bold adventurer. 

Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego had the right idea in the book of Daniel...that God is able and will deliver - But even if He doesn't......Daniel 3:16-18

I want to water this field of faith and see the grass grow and if life feels wasted at the end, it won't be for want of trying. My comfort zone will be protected...by belief in God but we intend, He and I, that that comfort zone will keep growing out beyond its boundaries

God, I look to You!

Far from... but not yet

Now kids, technology is an amazing thing so.... hello to new readers and welcome to 'Momma's blog'
I hope you'll be inspired and encouraged.

Well, here it is as promised - what a summer!
Hub and I seemed to have been away all through it in various parts of the country.
Our summer was characterised, I would say by this fabulous quote - oh come on! You know me and quotes....

After the Harrogate conference (see below) we dropped in to Revival Fires in Dudley for a 3 day Healing Conference with a guy called Bill Prankard. Fabulous biblical teaching and encouragement from this tireless man who has seen God move in amazing ways. For me, knew I had already come far from...and was spurred on to believe for and expect the 'not yet...'.

Following this, we both went to a 3 day Worship School at All Nations Church in Leicester run by the wonderful worshipping whirlwind that is Dave Hadden. You can't help but love him. We met some fabulous people from all round the country, shared risks, grew in expectation of seeing God enjoy us and were thrilled by the time spent together. SO many highlights. It was a great, safe place to push our boundaries as worshippers..so far from...but not yet...!

I had a wee breather - not - helping out again with Prime Time at church. This is a 3 day (so many 3days) holiday club for the over 70s. Oh my gosh - though it always leaves you tired, it is the best sort of tired...to pour out fun, service and love on a group of over 40 elderly folk.

And almost finally - I fitted in a 4(!!) day visit to my Manchester girlie before heading off with friends to David's Tent, a 3 (phew!!) day non-stop worship event. Oh my goodness - what an elating experience that was. I opted to camp (one reason why Hub didn't accompany me) though, whilst generously being offered a pod in a friend's tent, I didn't sleep much as the worship was literally non-stop...for 72 hours...in a BIG tent. If I grabbed 15 hours of sleep, that was it. Here is a flyer...

I confess, I had thought the big name guys would be a bit full of themselves. I repent of that thought ever entering my head. The heart of God flowed out in abundance from these guys. They led you to know God's love for you, for your community and for the world. Awesome is a word so oft used now it has somewhat lost it's meaning but they WERE awesome. GOD is mega-awesome and the world shifted in those hours of worship.

On one day, I went along to one of the stands, curious to know what God might say to me (or indeed, if He would say anything) through a prophetic drawing. I picked my artist because, not only was her name the same as one of my girlies, but it was spelt the same unusual way. We rested a minute or two whilst she asked the Holy Spirit to speak...then drew...then spoke. How exciting! Part of what she shared spoke of sailing into uncharted waters but not into a sunset but a sunrise which, at my age now, is exhilerating on the one hand but has the 'Eek' factor to it. I am so aware that I am far from... but here was a beautiful lady, drawing before me and declaring my 'not yet....' Scary?

However, one of the songs that impacted me over the next day had the words...

'Spirit, lead me where my trust is without borders. Let me walk upon the waters wherever You may call me, Take me deeper than my feet would ever wander, where my faith will be made stronger in the presence of my Saviour'

It's only in trusting in HIM, that I can navigate the waters, with Him at the tiller. So I say, 'Spirit, lead me...'

And now, a new chapter has begun.
I embarked this week on my adventure at the European School of Supernatural Life which takes place at the North Kent Community Church where I have joined with 28 other explorers, eager to put ourselves in the way of whatever God wants to get up in in us and through us. For the next year, I will be heading there most Thursdays and Fridays with a couple of weekend mission trips thrown in. More on this in later posts but for now, a mixture of excitement and bewilderment would characterize emotions of the first two days. 

But, as a song says, 'You make me brave. You take me out beyond the shore into the waves' 

I have just managed to complete my first assignment - to write my own Psalm of praise and thanksgiving inspired by Ephesians 1:3-14

Have a read...

How blessed I am!
My Saviour's Daddy is my Daddy too!
I can't say enough about Him. You're amazing, Daddy.
You have utterly exhausted the pick of Heaven's blessings You could choose, no limit, and have piled them up ready to shower over my life.
Before You even breathed Your creative breath, You held a thought.
It was me.
In Jesus.
In me.
'Hey you!' You said. 'Get ready. I have an adventure for you!'
You bit your lip, smiling, hugging Yourself with excited expectation, waiting for me to be born because You knew I'd be Yours. Your girlie.
Didn't You punch the air when I took Jesus' hand to come to You?
How can I do anything but shout and share this amazing kindness given to me without strings attached, brought by Jesus?
I'd wondered how I could live up to that holy child You saw.
How could I stand before You without lowering my head in shame?
But You already had the answer.
You'd already prepared the gifts.
The shower was released.
I was drenched in forgiveness, cleansed by Your love, blessed by Your goodness and it doesn't stop.
No half measures.
The adventure is on.
I am ready - You knew I would be.
You clothe me in Jesus.
You adorn me with the message of salvation. 
You hallmark me with the precious Holy Spirit. 
My prize is to be Your prize and having held me up to shine You right into the world, You will keep me forever.

New Field?

Oh...Hubs and I have just had a very exciting couple of weeks - first, two days at a church down south having a conference with Bill Johnson speaking, seeing both my sisters either side of that and then back home for a wonderful wedding of lovely friends.

THEN up to Harrogate for the European Leaders' Advance conference with Bill, KrisVallotton and Danny Silk speaking - how spoiled is that!!!

It was wonderfully inspiring in so many ways and Harrogate is a beautiful town.

I was amazed that this massive conference of over 2000 people was put on and organised by Harrogate New Life Church - a church of about 130 members of which 120 people were volunteers at the event - AMAZING. That is what I call heart in a church.

One of the things both Hubs and I felt during this period was that God is releasing us to move on from our current church - even as I am writing, the worship singer I have on in the background is singing, 'You have not in any way failed.'!!

We have 'considered this field' for some months now. Our church has gone through great heartache, great changes - which we have been saddened by and don't agree with, always believing that no situation is beyond God being able to repair and restore. We have sought to seek truth, challenge folk, pray, understand and pursue what we believe is God's way but now fear, that part of our journey is over. 

Leaving church this morning, as so many Sundays since March, has left us with heavy, grieving hearts and we feel now, that it is time to seek to move on and find the place where we can continue to wholeheartedly pursue more of God and the growth that has excited us so passionately in the last years under the inspiring leadership of Nigel Di Castiglione. 

For now, we will continue to lead our wonderful student group unless God clearly directs otherwise. My challenge whilst we remain is to continue to bless the church, honour and love the people there and leave well with doors still wide open in relationships, sharing kindness and being the greatest encouragement I can be to those whose lives I touch there.

God didn't say love and forgiveness would be easy but He did say it would work!

All good things

I was out for coffee with a friend this morning and we were both bemoaning the fact that we each need to lose weight and get fit. I have said the same thing many times! I was 55 this year and now is the time!

Arriving home, I got a glass of water and some bulgar wheat salad that I had made earlier in the week. As I sat down to eat it, I savoured the first mouthful. It was SO tasty. 

I thought, 'O Lord - the food You made tastes so GOOD!'

Then, I stopped and looked down at what was in my bowl, taking in the look, structure, smell of the food and putting some more in my mouth to really feel the textures, identifying in my mouth what I was looking at with my eyes and savour the different flavours with my tongue. 

I was very struck that REAL food is totally interesting. If I took more time to consider all the aspects of a meal put before me, it would not only motivate me to use only the best, most natural ingredients but also to make me more mindful of how it affected my body. 

Do I really want to line my veins and arteries with gunk, chugging up the flow and efficiency of the life blood that God has created within me, causing my precious heart to strain with unnecessary effort?  

Do I want to care for this Temple of the Holy Spirit with anything other than what is best? 

I want to be the best steward I can with the finances my Father God has blessed me with. 

I want to make every effort to keep this body in the best condition it can be in to face all the adventures that yet lie before me in the years He has allotted to me (and I have asked for many more so I can catch up on life I haven't yet lived and didn't know I missed)

From now on, I plan not only to 'consider my field' but to consider eating more of what is in the field! At the same time, I will let my thankfulness overflow to God who provides for ALL my needs according to His riches in Christ. Bless the Lord for all His goodness

A journey of a thousand miles

'A journey of a thousand miles starts with one step'

So the quote goes. I am beginning here with this because it is so long since I wrote my last entry. I have tried to write several times but have been daunted at the thought of explaining, Why so long?' so I have just not 'started'.

However - today I realise I don't have to explain. I will take the first step back, from where I am and go from there. But now...I am back

New thoughts to share. New Fields to consider.